Nahh I've seen uglier...believe me I've seen uglier...TPIR this morn had some shoes up for bid...they were ugly The early show a couple of weeks ago...had ugly shoes & for some reason some woman not our sydney darl think their sexy and hot...these shoes are very conservative for business shoes. Not for that dress better for slacks

Apparently the designer was playing around with mixed metaphors by fetishizing the heel and at the same time de-sexing the toe area. Given that, anon's reaction is what he was going for and he succeeded.